France: Extreme footbridge replacement at Mont Blanc summit • FRANCE 24 English
At an altitude of 3,800 m in the heart of the French Alps, an extreme operation is taking place. A foot bridge is being replaced at the summit of Aguid Midi in Mont Blanc. Eight highly experienced men are tasked with replacing the 70-year-old walkway. Suspended above the void in temperatures hovering at -20°. Every move counts. The wind is blowing at about 20 km an hour on the northeast facing terrace. And it’s not just the view that is astonishing. The monstrous 16 meter long steel structure was delivered by helicopter, meaning the workers had more than two tons of metal alloy to maneuver. The perilous mission was 4 months in the making for 1 hour of actual installation work. It’s important to note that when we flew the foot bridge in by helicopter, the temperature was 18° below zero and they had to keep it under control. These are projects that require a lot of organization and logistics. We do a lot of preparation beforehand. This new foot bridge is designed to withstand winds of up to 254 km per hour. The goal now is to finalize the work by December 15th before the reopening of the site on December 20th.
At 3,800 metres in the French Alps, eight experienced workers are replacing a 70-year-old footbridge at the summit of Aiguille du Midi, Mont Blanc. The 16-metre steel structure, delivered by helicopter, weighs over two tons and was installed in temperatures of around –20°C with winds of 20 km/h. The operation, requiring four months of preparation, took just one hour to complete, and the new bridge is designed to withstand winds up to 254 km/h. France 2 team reports.
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14 comments
Um, Why not do this in summer?
Been there almost a decade ago, amazing views
French or Italian summit ?
That’s the Aiguille Du Midi, not Mont Blanc. Pretty poor from a supposedly french news outlet.
The fiest bridge was without a helicopter.
Why only MEN for this TASK ???
This is really cool… is there a full length program on this?
this is when you call in sick to work.
I am glad the narrator remembered to go down at the end of each sentence…. for maximum BBC style drama! 😉👍🇬🇧
Never seen a bridge at Mont-Blanc summit …😊😊😊
I really hope the next plandemic works better than the last one
Been there 2 years ago. Astonishing views.
That speech intonation was so poor and annoying
Belgians wanted to beat French Mont Blanc, so they piled stones on their highest mountain 694 metres high Signal de Botrange. 6 metres more!
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